Abstract
The electrical resistivity ρ and the thermopower α of the transition-metal pentatelluride system have been measured over a broad range of temperature, The systematic Sb doping of these materials has been performed over a range from where Y is the nominal Sb concentration. Both parent materials and exhibit an anomalous resistive peak, for and for Each parent material displays a large positive (p-type) thermopower around room temperature, which undergoes a change to a large negative (n-type) thermopower below the peak temperature. At a specific level of Sb doping the resistive anomaly is no longer evident and results in a semimetallic temperature dependence. In addition the thermopower monotonically decreases with temperature with no change in sign as in the parent materials. X-ray-diffraction data reveals that the pentatelluride structure is still preserved at all doping concentrations.
- Received 30 January 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.121104
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